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10 dead in Bangladesh’s local government polls violence

DHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — Violence surrounding the 5th phase polls of Bangladesh’s lowest tier of local government have left at least 10 dead as of Saturday night, reports Xinhua. Stray incidents of clash, arson, vandalism, explosion of hand bombs, chase and counter-chase and firing were reported in many of the 720 unions that went […]

Xi underscores challenge, opportunity of aging population

BEIJING, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — President Xi Jinping has called for better care for China’s aging population, reports Xinhua Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks on Friday afternoon at a group study attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on […]

EMERGENCY RELIEF SUPPORT FROM BANGLADESH TO FLOOD AND LANDSLIDE AFFECTED OF SRI LANKA

DHAKA, May 29 (NsNewsWire) — As a quick response to the need of flood and landslide affected people of Sri Lanka with the direction of Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Government has decided to send emergency humanitarian support to Sri Lanka. In view of that a 19 members relief support team organized by Bangladesh […]

Six Bangladeshis charged with financing terrorism in Singapore

SINGAPORE, May 27 (NsNewsWire) — Six Bangladeshis were charged with financing terrorism in Singapore on Friday, the first to be prosecuted under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (TSOFA) in the city state, reports Xinhua. According to a statement from the Singapore Police, these six radicalized Bangladeshi nationals — Rahman Mizanur, Mamun Leakot Ali, Miah […]

UNESCAP adopts historic Bangladesh Resolution on conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific

DHAKA, May 23 (NsNewsWire) — Heads of Government and other high-level officials from around Asia and the Pacific region unanimously adopted a resolution on oceans economy sponsored by Bangladesh, at the end of the five-day 72ndsession of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok on 19 May […]

Wait ends for 3 kids to return to parents in Bangladesh

By Iram Siddique Eeman was merely 10 when he crossed the Bangladesh border to come to India, chasing his dream of experiencing snow in Kashmir. Eeman landed at the Calcutta railway station in 2011 from where he boarded a train to Delhi, reports MumbaiMirrior. But instead of taking a train for Jammu he got on a […]

Tahmima Anam: ‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh’

There’s a moment in Tahmima Anam’s latest novel when her protagonist, Zubaida, realises that she may never be as fulfilled as her parents, who lived through the war in Bangladesh. “The war was fundamental, a kind of birth not just for the country but for all the too-young people who had willed the country into […]

Yunnan Government Adviser meets Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs

DHAKA, May 17 (NsNewsWire) — Zhong Mian, Senior Adviser (Ministerial level) of Yunnan Government of China and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of China – Yunnan Province, has held a meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Leading a delegation of 6 members, Zhong […]

Digital Technologies Have Spread Rapidly, But Digital Dividends Have Lagged Behind, says New World Bank Report

DHAKA, May 16 (Xinhua) — With around 130 million mobile phone subscribers, the digital technologies are spreading rapidly in Bangladesh. Yet, Bangladesh has the fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet. Bangladesh can accelerate growth, create more jobs and deliver better public services by enhancing access to digital technologies, said […]